On Saturday a small group of us went to the coastal town of Scarborough. On this freezing cold day, we wrapped up warm and braved the temperatures to see this historical town. We arrived by train and walked through the modern, commercial part of the city to arrive at the spectacular coastline.
We went down a steep hill to get to the Victorian style seafront. This consists of brightly lit amusement arcades, where people play on the betting machines and there are many shops selling a range of traditional sweets - candy floss, sticks of rock, fudge and nougat. Even in the freezing cold there were children having donkey rides on the beach! The smell of fish and chips permeated the air. We climbed up the hill again to get to the 12th century castle. The castle has seen many battles, including Scottish Robert the Bruce and the Germans in World War I.
We walked to the most outward point of the cliff, where the wind was so icy cold we couldn't feel our faces anymore! Quickly, we took some photographs and retreated back inland! To warm up, we went for lunch in a lovely old restaurant, and of course we ate fish and chips! As we were eating we saw the snow start to fall outside the window. As we took one more look at the seafront before heading back to York, we saw the spectacular sight of snow falling on the beach and the hardy people of Yorkshire still out walking their dogs!
24 Jan 2012
Yesterday a small group of us went to see the new Steven Spielberg film, ‘War Horse’, at City Screen Cinema. ‘War Horse’ was originally a famous book which was then made into a theatre production. It is the story of a boy who raises a horse which is taken away to fight in the First World War. The boy is very sad and promises to find the horse again. The film follows the life of the horse as different people take charge of him.
We had great expectations of the film, tissues at the ready expecting to cry. Unfortunately, the film was rather disappointing. The actors were annoying with their fake Devonshire accents and the lighting cast a falseness on the natural beauty of the landscape. AND we didn’t cry!
However, after the film some of us went for a coffee in the Pitcher and Piano bar, overlooking the river – and that was thoroughly enjoyable!
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Iréne Perez, Spain
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